Legumes as dry season fallow in upland rice-based systems of West Africa

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 358-367

  Becker, Mathias ^a   Johnson, David E ^a  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen 15; Rice; Weeds

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; RICE; SOIL; WEEDS; WEST AFRICA;

CROPPING PRACTICE; LEGUME; RICE; YIELD;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; CROTALARIA ANAGYROIDES; MUCUNA; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS;

EID: 0031666881     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050444     Document Type: Article

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